CSA
Tufts Trivia
Chinese Tradition
Chinese Pop-culture/Food
Miscellaneous
100
At Tufts, this student organization celebrates Chinese culture through events, food, and community. (No Acronym, full name please)
What is the Chinese Student Association?
100
Tufts’ mascot is this unique animal and has a fun name.
What is Jumbo the Elephant?
100
Every fall, people share mooncakes and celebrate this festival. In 2025, it falls on October 6th.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)?
100
This collectible toy brand from China is famous for blind boxes, including the popular character Labubu!
What is popmart?
100
Once considered the ninth planet, this celestial body was reclassified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union in 2006.
What is Pluto?
200
The CSA meetings take place in the Joyce Cummings Center in this room number.
What is 180?
200
This beautiful man has a name that can be spelled!
Who is Sunil Kumar?
200
Sticking chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice is avoided because it resembles this ritual for the dead.
What is incense burning at funerals?
200
This fiery style of hotpot, famous for its numbing peppercorns, comes from this Chinese province.
What is Sichuan?
200
This animal can sleep for up to 22 hours a day, making it one of the laziest in the animal kingdom.
What is a koala?
300
The first CSA Welcome Week event of this year was this event.
What is Poker?
300
Tuftonia’s Day, held each spring with rides, food, and fireworks, celebrates this occasion.
What is Tufts’ birthday?
300
In Chinese tea culture, gently tapping two fingers on the table after someone pours your tea is a way of doing this.
What is saying thank you?
300
This U.S. state is the only one with a one-syllable name.
Who is Aquaman Moses Paytas-Hacmon?
400
This year, CSA is led by these two co-presidents. (First & Last Name!!)
Who are Michelle Wu and Julian Han?
400
Tufts’ mascot, Jumbo the Elephant, was once the star attraction of P.T. Barnum’s circus. After his death, his stuffed hide was displayed on campus until it was destroyed in this 1975 event.
What is a fire?
400
Because the phrase for giving this item sounds like attending a funeral ritual, it is considered an unlucky gift in Chinese culture.
What is a clock?
400
White Rabbit candy takes its name from this mythical creature that lives on the moon with the goddess Chang’e.
What is the Jade Rabbit (玉兔, Yùtù)?
400
This country has more sheep than people, with a ratio of nearly 5 to 1.
What is New Zealand?
500
These are the last names of Emily³ and Michelle².
Who are Ko, Zhou, Tanoto, Tan, and Wu?
500
According to Tufts legend, kissing under this brick archway is said to lead to marriage.
What is Bowen Gate?
500
In the traditional order of the Chinese zodiac, this animal comes fifth, after the Rabbit.
What is the Dragon?
500
Which viral Chinese song begins with the lyrics: ‘Yī yīng yī yǎng zhī wèi dào zhī qì dòng lái, 一阴一阳之谓道，之气动来…’ and has become popular on Douyin/TikTok for its catchy prosperity theme?
What is Bā fāng lái cái (八方来财)?